Tag



Patented Oct. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES TAG Frederick W. Laencher, Elmhurst, N. Y., as-

signor to A. Kimball Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application January 18,

e 3 Claims.

5 wrapped around the article to be marked and secured thereto without the use of pins, staples, strings or other attaching means.

It is an object of the invention to provide a ticket which shall protect the article against damage by the said stiffening members.

Other objects andadvantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes of illustration is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away to show the stiffening element.

Figure 2 is an end view.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1. p

Figure 4 is a perspective view showing the tag attached to the goods.

Referring to the drawing, the tag comprises a plurality of plies 1 and 2 of flexible material such as heavy paper or thin cardboard, said plies being secured together by suitable adhesive material such as glue or cement.

Arranged longitudinally of the ticket and located between the plies are stifiening members 3, preferably of wire, which serve, when the ticket is folded, as hereinafter explained, to retain it in folded position, and also serve to some extent to reinforce the ticket against crushing when folded.

Extending transversely across the ticket are a plurality of lines of fold 4, which lines are preferably in the form of permanent creases forming ridges on the front face of the ticket and grooves on the rear face. The said lines of fold are preferably arranged in pairs which may be spaced equidistantly from the ends of the ticket, thus forming within the face of the ticket a plurality of spaces which may be designated for convenience as the display space 5, fold spaces 6 and end flaps '7 and 8. As will be understood, however, although the space 5 is specifically designated as a display space, any of the spaces of the ticket may be used for display purposes, if desired.

The lines of fold 4 are preferably formed in the ticket after the plies 1 and 2 and the stiffening members 3 are assembled and secured together, for in this manner the stiffening memhere are also bent, making it possible to fold the ticket easily and accurately when desired.

In order to protect the material to be tagged 1 from injury by the severed ends of'the stiffen- 1932. Serial No. 587,210

bodiment illustrated, the tag is notched at points 9 and 10, where the stiffening members emerge from between the plies so that the projecting paper corners protect the material tagged from contact with the stiffening members. If desired, the notches 10 may be somewhat deeper than the notches 9, and may also cut away some of the paper lying outside of the stiffening elements, in order to provide an unstiffened end portion 11 of the end flap 8. This construction is of advantage because when the tag is folded around the article, the end flap 11 is overlapped by the flap '7 so as to enclose the article completely and securely, but at the same time the edges 12 abut one another and provide a neat appearance for the folded tag.

In use, the tag is folded around the article tagged in the manner illustrated in Figure 4, the

stiffening elements serving to retain the tag in its folded condition. The dimensions of the tag and the number of transverse fold lines may be adjusted as necessary to accommodate articles of different dimensions. As will be observed, due to the fact that the stiffening elements are shorter than the tag, any danger of damaging the article is substantially eliminated.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified and embodied within the subjoined claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A marking ticket comprising a plurality of plies of relatively thin flexible material secured together in face to face relationship, a metallic stiffening element extending longitudinally of said ticket between the plies thereof, said element being shorter than the overall length of the ticket, said ticket having notches at its edges extending inwardly to meet the ends of said stiffening element.

2. A marking ticket comprising a plurality of plies of relatively thin flexible material secured together in face to face relationship, two metallic stiffening elements extending longitudinally of the ticket between the plies thereof, the corners of the ticket, including the stiffening elements, being cut away at one end of the ticket to provide an unstiffened tab.

3. A marking ticket comprising a plurality of plies of relatively thin flexible material secured together in face to face relationship, two metallic stiffening elements extending longitudinally of the ticket between the plies thereof, the corners of the ticket, including the stiffening elements being cut away at one end of the ticket to provide an unstiffened tab, the said ticket being provided with transverse fold lines along which said ticket may be folded into substantially rectangular shape.

FREDERICK W. LAENCHER. 

